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GTA 6 pre-orders: the numbers

Artwork: Rockstar Games. Checked Nov 4, 2026.

Digital pre-orders
7.71M

Sensor Tower data as of November 3, net of returns. Estimate, not Rockstar.

Pre-sales
~$751M

15 days before launch. Up from about $600M in mid-October. Estimate.

By platform
PS5 74%, Xbox 26%

About 5.74M on PS5 and 1.97M on Xbox Series X|S. No PC at launch. Estimate.

Red Dead 2
$725M

Its first three days, official from Take-Two. GTA 6 pre-sales are already higher.

GTA V
$1B

In its first three days in 2013, official. It counted physical sales too.

Caveats
Digital only, and estimates

Physical copies are not counted. Sources, our math and FAQ in the full article.

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